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Easter disruption for rail passengers

Rail passengers across the region are facing massive disruption over Easter. From Good Friday for ten days there'll be major closures and disruption from Didcot to Hayes, because of engineering works. They include the upgrade of Reading station, new signals, and Crossrail. All services on First Great Western and Cross Country will be heavily disrupted in Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Hampshire and Wiltshire. But Network Rail are promising to "put passengers first" and avoid the huge delays cause by works overrunning at Christmas. Mike Pearse reports.